Smyrna times., 1887-05-18
Maryland Items.

Strawberries were shipped from Sails
bury station Friday by L. Il. Williams.
cOlored, of Quantico, says the Advertis-
er.
A three-stOry hotels being erected at
Emory Grove camp ground, near Balti-
more, and WILDE completed in time for
camp.
The Baltimore Sun, established by A.
S. Abel on May II, 1887, celebrated its
semi-centennial yesterday; the firm is
composed of A. S. Abel and his three
sons, Edwin G., George w. and Walter
r. Abell
Alarming reports reach us from var
iOus sections of Kent county to the ef-
feet that peaches are seriously injured.
In a number of definitely
named-they are said to be killed out
right some say by frOsts, others know
not hOw.-Kent NeUs.
Hope H Barroll, assignee of mortga-
gee, sold on Thursday morning, at Elk
ton, at public sale, the property known
as the EtheringtOn farm near CecltOn.
The farm contains 1zS acres. 1t was
sold to the Parvis and Williams Com
pany of MiddletOwn, Del, for 81, 600
over and above mortgage for 5000.
Luther A. Kendall of Pinev Neck
has sent to this office a sample of dried
apples. prepared by process claimed
to be peculiarly his own No eVapOra-
tor was used nor was the fruit exposed
to the sun. He declines to give infOr-
nation in regard to his process except
| to say the juice is extracted from the
| fruit before drying. But whatever the
means used, the fruits certainly as per-
fectly dried and is as bright and palata-
BILE as any that ever passed through an
evaporator, and that too, without the
use of sulphur or any other cOloring
Ingredient NeCs.
A BOOK-AGENT DETECTIVE There
fell a bOmb-shell in Cambridge, amongst
the itliquor dealers, when the grand
jury met last week. During the spring
a book agent appeared in the town,
and made an active canvass for some
standard works. He was a jOVial, good
natured fellow, fond ofliveiy company
of evenings, and especially fond of a
little game and glass ofgrOg. He had
plenty of money and was liberal with it
and always ready to treat when he
could find out where to buy,-and he
did find out, because the boys with
whom he spent his evenings knew the
ropes. Having completed his canvass
of the town he disappeared, to return
again before the grand jury as private
detective in the employ of the law and
order league of Cambridge, and on his
evidence bills of indictment were found
against several persons, one of then
being a member of the town council Oi
Cambridge. The CONSERVATION tina
prevailed when the book-agent turned
= into a detective, may be imagined
EastOn Ledger.
An elderly farmer of ChestertowI
f was robbed Of $500 by two followers o.
Rice's circus last week. They induces
him to play three card monte, when on
q of them deliberately seized the bills an
!, ran off. When the matter was laid bC
b fore States Attorney Smith he directe
5 that the published proprietor of tn
: show, J. H. Rice, be arrested. RiC
c was accordingly arrested and taken b'
d fore ESQUIRE Johnson. He proteste
: that he knew nothing Of the matte
He said that he had no manner OfcOl
-, nectiOn with the confidence men, an
:, he did not believe that he could be he
/. Tor what they had done. He was show
=, the Mary land law, however, that max
the proprietor of show responsible f
l., all misdemeanOrs taking place benea
- his canvass. He protested that he ha
- not hat amount of money, but sa
- that he would give up all that he b;
taken in at the ticket wagon during Il
k afternoon, S275. This was declined, al
IS. before the commitment to Jail was fins
er lv made out the total amount which I
ChestertOwn citizen lOst-$5l7-w
ch restored. 1t is said that the bills we
on exactly the same that were taken frC
at him. There were three $l00 bills, al
of the other bills conceded with the Il
an money. When the ChestertOwn citiz
received back his money he withdr
no his complaint, and Rice was releas'